WASHINGTON – Jamal Calloway, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to sixteen months incarceration to be followed by three years of supervised release for felony second degree theft by the Honorable Lynn Leibovitz of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
According to the government’s evidence, on August 21, 2023, around 9:00 p.m., Jamal Calloway entered the CVS located at 2129 14th Street, NW, picked up store merchandise, and left the store without paying for the items. About an hour later, Calloway went back into that same CVS and was arrested while inside.
On September 20, 2023, a grand jury indicted Jamal Calloway on one count of felony second degree theft pursuant to DC Code § 22–3212(c); Calloway had multiple prior theft convictions, not from the same occasion, and was therefore subject to enhanced penalties for his alleged theft, including a mandatory minimum sentence of one year of incarceration.
On October 18, 2023, Calloway pleaded guilty to that offense. At sentencing on December 15, 2023, Judge Leibovitz heard a victim impact statement from a representative of CVS. The CVS representative explained that “Mr. Calloway’s theft has not only harmed the stores’ performance, but also created an atmosphere of insecurity and demotivation among the hardworking employees by affecting their morale and overall well-being.”
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Smith commended the work of those investigating the case from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). They acknowledged the efforts of those who are working on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Assistant U.S. Attorney Augustin Horner, who investigated and prosecuted the case.